Grant Clarke

Grant Clarke (May 14, 1891, Akron, Ohio – May 16, 1931, California) was an American songwriter. Clarke moved to New York City early in his career, where he worked as an actor and a staff writer for comedians. He began working on Tin Pan Alley, where he contributed music to films such as The Jazz Singer (1927), Weary River (1928), On with the Show (1929) and Is Everybody Happy? (1929). He wrote the lyrics to the show Dixie to Broadway, and also contributed to the 1921 Ziegfeld Follies and Bombo. Later in his career he became a charter member of ASCAP and was successful in the music publishing business. Clarke was the author of the lyrics to many popular songs of the 1910s and 1920s, working with composers such as George W. Meyer, Harry Akst, James V. Monaco, Al Piantadosi, Fred Fisher, Harry Warren, Arthur Johnston, James Hanley, Lewis F. Muir and Milton Ager.

Birth and Death Data: Born May 14, 1891 (Akron), Died May 16, 1931 (California)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1911 - 1949

Roles Represented in DAHR: lyricist, songwriter, composer

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Recordings (Results 76-100 of 304 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Victor	BVE-53431	10-in.	5/23/1929	Let me have my dreams	Frank Munn ; Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Orchestra	Orchestra, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BVE-53433	10-in.	5/23/1929	Am I blue?	Don Howard ; Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Orchestra	Orchestra, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BVE-53460	10-in.	6/6/1929	Wishing and waiting for love	Belle Mann ; Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BVE-53475	10-in.	6/28/1929	I'm the medicine man for the blues	Johnny Marvin ; Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Orchestra	Orchestra, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BVE-53584	10-in.	6/26/1929	Birmingham Bertha	Bill Moore's Syncopators	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BVE-53585	10-in.	6/26/1929	Am I blue?	Bill Moore's Syncopators	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BVE-53902	10-in.	7/3/1929	Am I blue?	Grace Hayes	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	BVE-55516	10-in.	7/27/1929	Birmingham Bertha	Jean Goldkette Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BVE-55608	10-in.	7/15/1929	Wouldn't it be wonderful	Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Orchestra	Orchestra, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BVE-55688	10-in.	9/13/1929	Nobody cares if I'm blue	Johnny Hamp ; Kentucky Serenaders	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BVE-55818	10-in.	8/30/1929	Weary river	Onofré Vidal	Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	lyricist
Victor	BVE-55842	10-in.	9/13/1929	Manso arroyo	Juan Pulido	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	BVE-57120	10-in.	10/24/1929	Am I blue?	Victor Salon Orchestra	Orchestra, with male vocal quartet	lyricist
Victor	BVE-59699	10-in.	4/15/1930	Nobody cares if I'm blue	Gene Austin	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	PBVE-61075	10-in.	3/2/1931	Thanks to you	Cocoanut Grove Orchestra ; Bing Crosby	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BRC-70209	10-in.	9/3/1931	Now that I need you, you're gone	Paul Small ; The Troubadours	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-92904	10-in.	8/1/1935	Am I blue?	Bill Staffon Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BS-99399	10-in.	2/27/1936	Ragtime Cowboy Joe	Tune Wranglers	String band, with male vocal solo and male vocal trio	lyricist
Victor	BS-053147	10-in.	6/18/1940	Ragtime Cowboy Joe	Connie Barleau ; Bernie Cummins Orchestra ; Chet James	Jazz/dance band, with female-male duet and vocal ensemble	lyricist
Victor	D7VB-1917	10"	10/24/1947	I hate to lose you (I'm so used to you now)	Don Cornell ; Kaydets ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye	Male vocal solo, with female vocal group and jazz/dance band	lyricist
Victor	D9VB-1265	10-in.	4/11/1949	Am I blue?	Four Tunes	Male vocal quartet, with jazz/dance band	lyricist
Victor	BVE-Test-194	10-in.	11/19/1929	Am I blue?	Rita Burgess Gould	Female vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Victor	PBVE-Test-314	10-in.	5/1/1929	Birmingham Bertha	Janet Adair	Female vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Victor	BVE-Test-641	10-in.	5/1/1929	Weary river	Dorsey Byron	Female vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Columbia	19929	10-in.	6/11/1912	Whistle it	Ada Jones ; Peerless Quartet	Female vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist